After watching the short film Identity, write a blog post reflecting on how the masks in the film represent the pressure to fit in and the struggle to discover who you really are. Choose one moment from the film that stood out to you and explain why. Then, connect the film’s message to Langston Hughes’ poem “I, Too” and to the mask you are creating in class. What part of your identity do you want your mask to reveal?

 Prompt Response: The film "Identity" uses the mask to symbolize the intense pressure from others to fit into society. Throughout the short film, the girl contemplates removing her mask; her struggle shows her accepting herself.

Summary: The film represents how everyone hides behind a mask.

Reflection: The film strongly touches on the wayh that so many people fit in to society rather then being themselves.

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